Lise Nau (nee Boorse) is the great-granddaughter and great-niece of piano tuners, and holds a Master of Music degree in Voice from UNC-Chapel Hill. She was raised near Philadelphia and studied violin, flute, voice, and guitar. For more than 10 years, she taught voice and violin to private students and worked as a semi-professional singer and violinist.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to apprentice with an established technician in 1993, Lise bought the business near Wilkes-Barre, PA from her mentor David Pavlico in 1994. Within 10 years, she had a client list of nearly 400 active customers and also served as part-time Yamaha Service Bond technician. She participated regularly in activities and continuing education opportunities of the Piano Technicians Guild.
A move back to Chapel Hill, NC in 2004 challenged her to re-create her business in a new setting, and within two years she had built a client list of 165, as well as doing regular contract tunings for UNC Music Dept. Her last (and final!) move, in 2006, was to the Washington Metro area.
Lise is a certified Climate Control Field Expert and Piano Life Saver System Installer. She studied aural tuning methods with Rick Butler of The Butler School in Bowie, MD.
A highlight of her career thus far has been preparing and maintaining the Steinway D concert grand during a three-day recording session directed by jazz great Branford Marsalis (Marsalis Music/Rounder 7494600-052). In 2008 she undertook cosmetic restoration of the 1820 Babcock fortepiano at Riversdale House Museum in Riverdale Park, MD.
